Humanizing Hospitals Through Healing Photo Art
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Placing Healing Art Where It’s Needed Most
Nature images can help heal the soul, which in turn helps heal the body.
White, cold, sterile walls exemplify the traditional hospital setting, where stress, pain, fear and loneliness abound. Staring at these empty walls is boring and depressing. The mood changes when our beautiful nature photos are placed on the walls, providing color, comfort, and hope to patients, caregivers, and loved ones.
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals was established in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photos of nature to hospitals.
Offering an extensive portfolio of nature photos ranging from tropical beaches to Japanese cherry blossoms to the Tuscan hills, donated by Elaine and other photographers from all corners of the world, the nonprofit Foundation seeks funding to cover printing, framing, and shipping expenses so that the cost to hospitals is minimal or none at all.
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John Ringeri, Contributing Photographer
John Ringeri, Tasmania, Australia (P608)
Enjoy this lovely photo of our new Contributing Photographer, John Ringeri, taken at Dove Lake, Tasmania, Australia. The photograph presented here was taken in the iconic Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park which is the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. This park is revered for its diverse and breath-taking landscapes: from moss-covered ancient rainforests and deep river gorges to snow-covered mountain peaks, wild alpine moorlands and glacial lakes.
John comments, “My name is John Ringeri and I am an active Melbourne (Australia) based photographer and president of a local photographic society. I came across Healing Photo Art in a recent article in MEDIUM publication and it resonated with me. Personally I have had family members affected by cancer, with my mother dying from Melanoma at the age of 52. I fully understand the benefit of improving people’s outlook, personal mood and well being in their unfortunate condition. Having travelled to some spectacular places in the world, it is a great pleasure to be able to share the visual impact of some of these beautiful natural wonders with those who are confined to hospital treatments for a significant period. In my mother’s memory and my family affected by cancer, I am honoured to be able to share my work through the Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals initiative founded by Elaine Poggi.”
Carleen ‘Clifton’ Bragg, Contributing Photographer
Carleen ‘Clifton’ Bragg, Illinois USA (P609)
Welcome to Carleen ‘Clifton’ Bragg, our new Contributing Photographer!
Carleen comments, “I just discovered The Foundation For Photo/ Art In Hospitals this month….I reached out with images and received a prompt reply of interest from Elaine Poggi! I am sooo excited to have my image adorn Hospital walls and DOUBLY excited to know that my image will provide comfort for recovery patients. Priceless! I’m glad the beautiful Foundation For Photos/ Art In Hospital exists. And, I hope to have more photos adorning the walls to comfort patients!
Thank you, one thousand times!!
